Re: Green Caviar: High Load Cycle Count after short operation time

I can understand your hesitations. And I sympathize. However, I've talked to several people that have said that it works on those drives. I understand the KBA focuses on the Linux OS, but it does name those drives, specifically.

You will need to make sure that you have any and all important data backed up before doing this, because this is a firmware update. The only other recommendation I can make is for one of you to be the sacrificial lamb and update it to verify that it works. Otherwise, I have to stand by my posts.

WDEARS, you do have a good point about updating the KB article. If you guys want I can see if that can be done before you step off into this.

Bill_S

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Re: Green Caviar: High Load Cycle Count after short operation time

I've been dealing with the same problem (high load_cycle_count) and I would very appreciate that someone write WD20EARS and other WD Green disc on the list of wdidle3 supported drives!! There is no logical reason why this advice is NOT available from WD Green discs FAQ.